In early June we returned to the Evergreen State, amped to embark on a long anticipated and surely stellar season of alpine climbing. Ski touring and playing in the High Sierras for a portion of the spring ensured that we were fit and fast. Max was spending the summer in Portola Valley at chez Pieron,…Read more How We Spent Our Summer Vacation

This is the second of two posts on the seasonal lessons we've learned from living in our van for nearly a year. For Part 1: Winter, click here. Unsurprisingly, it is pretty delightful to live within the outdoors once warm weather arrives, or in our case, once we decided to drive far enough south to…Read more A Van for All Seasons – Summer

July marks nine months of living on the road in Moby. During this stretch of time we've experienced all four seasons across three countries and temperatures ranging from -30°F to 103ºF. The weather & forces of nature that we've enjoyed have included heavy snow, torrential rain, biting flies, aggressive mosquitoes, deep sand, forest fires, strong…Read more A Van for All Seasons: Winter

The border crossing between the United States and Mexico at Tijuana is said to be the busiest in the world and as we traveled southward to depart California, little apprehensions swirled. Would the van be endlessly searched at military checkpoints or torn apart by the border guards? Would we need to buy our way out…Read more Baja: South of the Border

It's odd to sit down and write again, more than a month and a half since my last post. Much has happened and we have covered a lot of ground (together in the van and separately), ticking off destinations that included Baja, Norway, Finland, Singapore, Indonesia and now the High Eastern Sierras of California. The experiences were…Read more Breaking Down x 3 & Neil Young

Late January 2017 seemed like an ideal time to flee the country and separate ourselves from the crazy theatrics that were taking place at home. With her notably friendly inhabitants and dashingly liberal prime minister, Canada beckoned, so we scurried north of the border to spend the next month crossing mountain passes between British Columbia and Alberta in search of powder to…Read more A Month North of the Border

Last week, February 17th to be exact, we hit four months of living full time in our 50 sq. ft van home. In that time frame we drove over 12,000 miles, explored the states of CA, OR, WA, UT, WY, ID, CO, NM, NY and NJ (the latter two via plane over Thanksgiving) and just returned from a month in Canada, crossing…Read more Four Months of Van Life! The Highs